Time of Arrival: 1900
Engine Hours: 3573.5
Fuel: 34.03 gal $112.47
Log: 22237
Trip: 86.09
Weather: Warm and sunny
Time of Departure: 0645
Left Beaufort at around 0645 under a cloudy sky but warm. We watched the sun rise over the Beaufort River with such calm serene water. Stopped at Hilton Head Marina to get fuel and water. Skipper and I took a walk and found that this marina is a really beautiful trailer park (the kind you drive). There was a restaurant, store, and it was landscaped really nice. Off we go though the Calibougue Sound into the ocean. Not too bad, just a little rolly. At about 1:30 we spotted a fin sticking up but not moving and decided to investigate. It was a dolphin about 6 to 8 feet long dead amongst thousands of brown jelly fish. It hadn't been dead too long because it was still intact, not bloating or anything and it looked as tho it had a rope around it's belly. I think it got caught in someones crab trap and couldn't get out. So so sad. I called the Coast Guard and reported it to them...don't know what they would have done but I at least wanted someone to know about it. I'm hoping that it didn't die from digesting the funny brown jelly fish. We sailed until way past dark and had to enter the Doboy sound in the pitch dark (that gets kinda scary). My captain, oh captain , got us in and anchored just fine right off Sepalo Island (as usual). He took Skipper in for a walk (too scary for me) and I tried to get "Dancing With the Stars" on the TV..NOT..14 weeks and I can't even see the finale. (next year I don't come until my show is over. Tracy put her phone next to the TV and let me watch it that way. Atta girl Tracy, so innovative. Love ya.
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